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Dataset · UN DESA Population Division
Net Migration Rate
74 years, 1950–2023 · 222 countries
The net migration rate is the number of people who moved into a country in a year minus the number who left, for every 1,000 people living there. A positive figure means more arrivals than departures; a negative one means more people left than came.
This site holds every year from 1950 to 2023, read from UN DESA Population Division’s own data and stored exactly as published.
Net Migration Rate · the file
- Newest
- Net Migration Rate, 2023
- Held
- 74 years · 16,428 rows
- Licence
- CC BY 3.0 IGO
0174 years
Every year
Every year comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. Each opens the full table for that year; each downloads as a CSV.
| Year | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Migration Rate, 2023Newest | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2022 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2021 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2020 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2019 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2018 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2017 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2016 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2015 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2014 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2013 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
| Net Migration Rate, 2012 | 222 | ±0 | September 26, 2026 | CSV |
Show all 74 years
Every year in one file, one row per country per year: net-migration-rate-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv
023 columns
What’s in the file
Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.
| Column | What it holds | Stored as | Range, 2023 | Distinct | Empty | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CountrycountryName | The country’s name, as this file spells it. | Text | — | 222 | 0 | |
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier | The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it. | Text · 3 letters | — | 222 | 0 | |
Net migration rate (per 1,000 population)net_migration_rateHeadline | The headline figure: Net migrants per 1,000 population. | Number · up to 3 decimals | -61.677 Saint Martin39.622 South Sudanmiddle -0.133 | 212 | 0 |
Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
03222 countries across every year
Who is covered
How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 |
| Americas | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| Asia | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 |
| Europe | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| Oceania | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| All | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 |
The newest 12 of 74 years.
The same 222 countries in every year.
Not in this dataset · 2 places this site covers
UN DESA Population Division gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.
04Provenance
Where it comes from
The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.
1 · Publisher
UN DESA Population Division
2 · Their file
World Population Prospects 2024: net migration rate, 2023
3 · Read by this site
September 26, 2026
Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.4 · Stored as
74 files, one per year
Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as net-migration-rate-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv5 · Used on
Its statistic page, and every profile it measures
Precision
The headline is stored to 3 decimals, as published.
Rounded by this site
Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.
Changed by this site
Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
From World Population Prospects 2024, read from the Population Division's own CSV download. Migration is the component the UN estimates with least direct evidence, often as the residual between population counts and births and deaths. Projections are excluded.
05Reuse
Licence and credit
What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.
Licence · checked September 26, 2026
- Share and redistribute it
- Adapt it and build on it
- Use it commercially
- Credit the publisher
- Say what you changed
The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.
A credit line
Source: UN DESA Population Division, Net Migration Rate, via Nations Inquiry.
Cite this dataset
UN DESA Population Division. Net Migration Rate, 1950–2023 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate
The publisher’s own citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. New York: United Nations.
Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.
06Where it is used
Around the site
Where these numbers appear on this site, and the datasets nearest to it.
Charted
Net Migration Rate by countryWho is highest, the map, the spread, who rose and fell, and the records.
Subjects
Near neighbours
- Crude Birth RateUN DESA Population Division · 74 held · 1950–2023
- Crude Death RateUN DESA Population Division · 74 held · 1950–2023
- Median Age of the PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 74 held · 1950–2023
07Questions
Net Migration Rate: questions and answers
What is the Net Migration Rate?
The net migration rate is the number of people who moved into a country in a year minus the number who left, for every 1,000 people living there. A positive figure means more arrivals than departures; a negative one means more people left than came.
Which years of the Net Migration Rate can I download?
All 74, from 1950 to 2023, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.
Does UN DESA Population Division rank countries on it?
No, and this site does not order it either. The files hold values only.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes, under CC BY 3.0 IGO, with credit to UN DESA Population Division. The licence text is linked on this page.